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Since the amount of water provided to the Dead Sea has decreased significantly, the sea is shrinking and dying slowly over the years. Experts warn that Variables may disappear by 2050.

>>>Dead Sea is about to "die"

The Dead Sea, with an area of ​​more than 1,000 square kilometers, lies on the border between the West Bank, Israel and Jordan in the Jordan valley. In fact, the Dead Sea is a closed lake in the mainland but due to its large area and blue water, it is called the sea.

This is the lowest place on the surface of the earth. The Dead Sea surface is lower than 417.5 m above sea level. The water in the lake has the highest salinity in the world - with about 8 times the salt content of the oceans, and thus helps visitors easily float on the lake.

But today, the Dead Sea is shrinking rapidly because the main supply of water for the Dead Sea, the Jordan River in the north, has decreased significantly because of the need to use river water for living and irrigation purposes. increase.

Pits formed in a drought-stricken area of ​​the Dead Sea in a photo taken in September 2010.

The water level on the Dead Sea is decreasing at a rate of 1 meter per year, which is equivalent to 20m in the west coast of the lake.

Hotels grow on the banks of an area that has dried up in the basin south of the Dead Sea.

The streaks of mineral salts remain on the dry areas in the middle of the Dead Sea. Dead Sea contains many types of minerals that have therapeutic effects, so it attracts many tourists to visit and bathe every year.

A canal was built to bring water from the north (left) to the southern basin of the Dead Sea in Israel.